""This notion that somehow you can achieve greatness, you can build something extraordinary by working 38 hours a week and having work life balance, that is mind-boggling to me," Andrew Feldman, cofounder and CEO of $8.1 billion AI chip company Cerebras, stressed recently on the 20VC podcast. "It's not true in any part of life." As many U.S. workers push for shorter workweeks, America's founders are still sticking with "grindset" culture as the formula for trillion-dollar success."
""You can have a great life. You can do many really good things, and there are lots of paths to happiness," Feldman continues. "But the path to build something new out of nothing, and make it great, isn't part-time work. It isn't 30, 40, 50 hours a week. It's every waking minute. And of course, there are costs." Fortune reached out to Cerebras for comment."
Top founders and CEOs assert that building truly transformative companies demands far greater commitment than a standard 38–40 hour workweek. Many successful leaders characterize the idea of strict work-life balance as incompatible with launching generation-defining products or unicorn startups. Executives acknowledge that professionals can be content with a typical workweek, but they say those individuals are unlikely to create world-changing ventures. Several high-profile figures emphasize that creating something new from nothing often requires sustained, near-constant focus, acceptance of personal costs, and a willingness to prioritize work intensively for extended periods.
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